Comp-U-News from Comp-U-Talk

October 2015

Spend kindness like it's money .. And
pretend you are a billionaire!
~ Tee Shirt Slogan for Live Your Legend

My
emotions are really jumbled today. One of our employees lost a cousin in the
Roseburg shooting yesterday. Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone
affected by this senseless violence.

Our subject of the month is DuckDuckGo, not to be confused with Duck Duck Goose.
You might remember Duck Duck Goose as the children's game where lots of children
get in a circle and one child walks around the outside of the circle tapping
friends and saying Duck with each tap. Eventually, the child will shout GOOSE
and the race begins. Whoever was tapped as Goose has to race the tapping child
around the circle. Last one back to the starting point is the new tapper.

I've tapped DuckDuckGo as my new search engine. It has raced google around the
circle and DuckDuckGo has won the race. I started using DuckDuckGo a couple of
months back. Originally, I made the switch because DuckDuckGo doesn't track your
browsing history, and even though I've nothing to hide, I like the idea of not
having every search recorded. In preparation for writing this newsletter, I did
a more thorough search of what exactly it means to be track free and was
surprised by what I learned.

Google, Yahoo and Bing all track search history. They use your searches to build
a profile about you so they can deliver "relevant" ads to you. That explains why
I'm inundated with ads for refrigerators and kitchen appliances. Several months
ago my refrigerator died and I was comparing brands and features and ratings.
Google knows I was keen on refrigerators in April. I wish there was a way to
tell them I bought a new one so they could dispense with the refrigerator ads.

Major search engines "bubble you". This was a new term for me and I suspect it's
new to you as well. It means the search engine modifies the results based on
what you clicked in previous searches. Example: I'm researching alternative
health options, specifically, the use of essential oils. For research purposes,
I want to see the positive and negative results. Google is real big on showing
me the positive results because that is where I started the research. DuckDuckGo
will show me all results.

I also like the speed of DuckDuckGo. It is fast. I like that it is ad free, and
I like the results it returns. I have never once had to switch over to Bing,
Yahoo, or Google to get better results for my searches. DuckDuckGo has delivered
100%. If you would like to try it, you can find the DuckDuckGo search engine
here:https://duckduckgo.com
If you are long time google user you can see your google search history here:
https://history.google.com/history/
If you want more information concerning DuckDuckGo you can find it here:
http://donttrack.us/
If you are in need of inspiration, check out Live Your Legend (this months
quote) here:
http://liveyourlegend.net/. If you are interested in starting a local
chapter, let me know, I would be interested in joining you.